Lord of the Mysteries

Upon hearing The Hanged Man, Klein’s heart skipped a beat. He had an ominous premonition as he ignored his persona, put down the lantern, and took out two slips of paper. He then crumpled them into a ball and stuffed them into his ears.

Seeing Gehrman Sparrow do it without any questions, Alger heaved a sigh of relief. He reflected on how nice it was to work with an experienced fellow. Even though he was an adventurer known to be crazy, he was someone who followed reasonable instructions. He knew what and what not to do.

Just as he was about to throw the dead rat which still retained some of its warmth at the Illusory Chime Tree to divert its attention, he suddenly saw the shrubs shake as a yellow-skinned, black-striped tiger appeared.

Amidst the melodic chimes, the tiger walked towards the strange tree normally, but its eyes were glazed over. It felt indescribably creepy.

When Alger saw this, he lowered his arm and abandoned his attempt of throwing the dead rat. Resisting the headache, he calmly watched as the tiger walked closer to the tree due to the growing influence of the melody.

It crouched down, raised its right claw, and bared its claws, slicing itself at the neck.

Despite the oozing blood, the tiger seemed to have lost all sense of pain. It continued digging in deeper, engorging the wound before it began to skin itself, revealing a “naked” body covered in mangled flesh and blood.

The chimes gradually weakened as the branch suddenly came alive. It extended downwards, stabbing into the tiger’s sorry, unprotected body.

Alger, who was already prepared, immediately drew his dagger, opened his mouth, and sang hoarsely, “Break, break, break;

“On thy cold gray stones, O Sea!

“Break, break, break;

“At the foot of thy crags, O Sea ¹ !”

His voice had bold overtones, but it was completely out of tune. It was at complete odds with the comprehension of both humans and creatures. It was a jarring boom that had a metallic sound to it. It was filled with the power that left one frustrated and disgusted.

Meanwhile, the Illusory Chime Tree’s branches trembled as they retracted like they were huddling together. Following that a melodious chime lessened the terrifying noise to a small extent.

At Alger’s side, although Klein had used paper balls to stuff his ears and had converged his spirituality, he immediately felt his forehead’s blood vessels throb. He instantly had the urge to kill the singer and destroy everything before him.

Furthermore, his mind had the feeling of being ripped apart. His muscles and vessels were squirming as a result.

Others charge people money to sing, but Mr. Hanged Man’s singing charges you with death! Klein lampooned as he resisted the irascibility in his heart.

“Break! Break! Break!”

reefs. Bolts of silver lightning descended

silver flashes lit up one after another, they smote down at the Illusory Chime Tree’s surface, causing it to tremble incessantly. Its branches shook in

took this opportunity as he threw the dead rat

wind, invisible blades swooshed over, slicing at the branch at the top and nearest to the Illusory Chime Tree’s

Kacha!

of wind and flew into Alger’s palm. The tree bark which was covered with eye-like cracks

deal with than animals due to its lacking intelligence… Alger took out a golden container he had prepared, and he put away

around to

“Let’s continue…”

as the word “forward” vanished from his

whites around his brown irises were slightly red, as though he would unleash an attack

he slowly drew a gasp and

“Let’s continue forward.”

He first circled around the withered Illusory Chime Tree

bound to encounter many Beyonder creatures later. Furthermore, he didn’t have any so-called storage

things on him would only weigh him down and prevent him from fully displaying the agility

let my marionette bring them in, but that will

jarring and terrible singing that he

continued for another one or two minutes, he couldn’t guarantee that he could stop himself from beating

Songster. Furthermore, there’s

walking beside

Gehrman Sparrow can’t stand my singing. How should I

quickly proceeded forward amidst thick trees that appeared to be covered

a Seafarer beside him, Klein saved himself the trouble of using Dowsing Rod Seeking. He focused on watching out for any sudden

dark and silent environment resembled a horror story. As the two proceeded forward for an unknown amount of time, they discovered that the trees were beginning to systematically become

trees there had abruptly become sparse, while what they were encountering now was a progressive change. It made them have the

will arrive at the periphery of the ancient ruins.” Alger broke the

found last time was around here. However, oddly, the periphery of the ancient ruins doesn’t have

an even more terrifying existence inside the ancient ruins. That zone

this expedition. He had previously performed the corresponding divination above the gray fog, and the revelation he received was that it had its ups and downs, as well as its problems. However, leaving